Month September 2019

Diplomacy will have to be listed as collateral damage of the Israeli election, as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be too preoccupied with trying to extract a coalition from the… Read more » The post Netanyahu Cancels U.N. Visit appeared… Continue Reading →

In an attempt to circumvent post-election challenges from Blue and White, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said on Wednesday that the right-wing and religious parties have “committed” to forming… Read more » The post Likud Forms Right-Wing Bloc appeared… Continue Reading →

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled his trip to the United Nations next week for its General Assembly following an election result that currently shows the prime minister’s Likud Party narrowly trailing Blue and White, in which… Continue Reading →

Saying that a complex 30-page bill passed by the state Senate could weaken the authority of private homeowners associations, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders joined with two local legislators in opposing the measure. On the surface, Senate Bill… Continue Reading →

By: Zvi Gluck Halfway Through, Amudim Continues March to $4 Million It seems like every week someone runs another fundraiser to benefit a very worthwhile cause and, Baruch Hashem, it is rewarding to see how the Jewish community pitches in… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED]  By: Zvi GlucK Halfway Through, Amudim Continues March to $4 Million It seems like every week someone runs another fundraiser to benefit a very worthwhile cause and, Baruch Hashem, it is rewarding to see how the Jewish community pitches… Continue Reading →

Union and company bargainers are making progress toward a new contract as a strike by United Auto Workers brought 33 General Motors factories to a halt continued into its third… Read more » The post Slow Progress in Talks as… Continue Reading →

A Turkish court ruled on Wednesday to keep a U.S. consulate employee in jail as his trial on espionage charges continues, a lawyer said, meaning he will remain in detention… Read more » The post Turkish Court Rules to Keep… Continue Reading →

An advisory board says the University of North Carolina hospital’s pediatric cardiology program can resume performing complex heart surgeries following months in review after it was reported that patient deaths… Read more » The post UNC Hospital Resumes Child Heart… Continue Reading →

A lawyer who represented a key witness in a major Dutch organized crime trial was shot dead in Amsterdam early Wednesday, sparking outrage and calls for a tougher crackdown on… Read more » The post Outrage at Slaying of Witness’s… Continue Reading →

Jerusalem – The right-wing factions have all convened at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem and pledged on one right-wing bloc to work together for the next government. The block will be headed by Prime Minister Netanyahu. The decision was… Continue Reading →

The dollar held near a seven-week high against the Japanese yen on Wednesday before the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting where officials are widely expected to cut interest rates… Read more » The post Dollar Edges Higher Before Fed… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Be privy to an extraordinary brocha from the Gadol Hador Reb Chaim Kanievsky with your donation: “You Will Merit Healthy Children” he Gadol Hador has given a brochah “You will merit healthy children” to those who support the holy… Continue Reading →

The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Dear Mayor Coles, I am writing regarding two intersections I pass daily which need some adjustments. 1)Clover… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] As we approach the Yomim Noraim we seek to accrue zechusim for a shana tova u’mesukah and hope that Hashem will answer our prayers. For single girls who are yearning to found their own home, it is an especially… Continue Reading →

Washington – President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s naming hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien, who Trump had monitor the criminal case in Sweden against American rapper A$AP Rocky, as his new national security adviser. Trump tweeted the announcement from California, where… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s naming hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien as his new national security adviser. Trump made the announcement from California, while on the third and final day… Read more » The post Trump Names Hostage Negotiator as… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] You may have already noticed the pomegranates all over town. No, not the ones you buy in the grocery; the eye catching lawn signs from Tomchei Shabbos of Lakewood announcing a truly special opportunity – the “Million Dollar Day of… Continue Reading →

Washington – The Trump administration hadbeen considering numerous options, including a physical strike or cyber attack on Iranian oil facilities or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ assets, to respond against Iran for striking two Saudi Aramco oil facilities on Sept. 14,… Continue Reading →

Tens of thousands of Daf Yomi learners will be completing Meseches Kerisus today, and beginning Meseches Meilah. Here’s a list of Daf Yomi Shiurim around Lakewood. See also Lakewood Daf Yomi’s Daf services here.